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J. MENAHAN. PASTENER FOR PURSES.

No. 345,067. Patented July 6,1886.

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FNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MENAHAN, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN MENAHAN & 00., OF

' I NEW YORK, N. Y.

FASTEN ER FOR PU RSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,067, dated July 6,1886.

Application filed April 9, 1886. Serial No. 198,338. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN MENAHAN, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New Yorl ,haveinvented certain newand useful Improvements in Fasteners for Purses,850., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of fasteners for purses, bags, 8m,known as ball- 10 fasteners, and it consists of certain improvements inthe frames of double-pocket purses, &c., and in the manner of attachingthe ball-fasteners thereto. The main frame, consisting of the two outerparts, is made in 1 the form known as riveted framesthat is, thematerial of which the purse, 850., is

made is riveted to the frame, and each part is provided with a ball onthe end of the projecting stud, so arranged that there is a spacebetween these two balls when the frame is closed. Theinner frame, towhich the partition dividing the twopockets is attached, is

made in theform known as pinched frames, having a U-shaped section, andis secured to the goods by being pressed or pinched to grip the edge ofthe goods. This inner frame is connected to the main frame, so as to beentirely covered by the same when the two outer parts are broughttogether, and a ball 0 is attached to this inner frame by means of astud projecting from the central part thereof, and extending throughnotches formed in the inner side of the two parts of the main frame,said ball being so located between the two balls of the main frame thatboth of the main-frame balls spring by the central inner frame ball andhold the two pockets of the purse, &c., closed, each independent of theother. To enable either pocket 0 to be opened, this central balloccupies a higher position on the frame than the two outer balls, sothat it and either of the outer balls may be pressed between the thumband finger without-interfering with the other outer ball.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a purse provided withmy improved fastener with one of thepockets open.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section showing both pockets closed on lire m m.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the frame, showing both sides open; and Fig. 4is a plan view showing the frame closed.

The two outer parts, a and a, of the riveted main frame are pivotedtogether, and the inner pinched frame, I), is also pivoted to them inthe ordinary manner, the body a of the purse being riveted to the mainframe, and the partition 0 pinched in the inner frame. This inner frame,b, is entirely concealed by the main frame when closed, so that thepurse has then the appearance of a single-pocket purse. From the centralpart of this inner frame, 1), projects the stud, d, provided at itsupper end with the ball 6, and the outer frame, a a, is provided withnotches aflwhioh ,surround the stud d when the two: parts of the mainframe are brought together. The balls f f, attached to the two parts ofthe main frame a a by studs, are so located as to spring by the centralball, 0, on either side of it, each one holding the pocket on the sideof its part of the frame closed independent of the other. By reason ofthe central ball,

6, being above the outer balls, f and f, either one of the balls f or fmay be manipulated with the ball e,to open either one of the pocketsWithout interfering with the other.

Fasteners for purses, 8m, consisting of balls attached to the frame andarranged to spring by one another are old, so I do not broadly claimthis; neither do I claim a frame for double-pocket purses consisting ofthree pieces pivoted together; but

- What'I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the two outer parts of a double-pocket-purseframe, each provided with a projecting ball, of an inner frame having aprojecting stud and held be- 0 tween the outer frames, and a ball onsaid stud located between the balls of the outer frame when in a lockedor closed position, substantially as set forth.

2. In a fastener for double-pocket purses, 5 850., the combination ofthree balls, one at tached to each of the three parts of the frame, Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set the central ball being arrangedbetween the my hand, at New York, county and State of two outer balls,extending above them, and New York, this 8th dav of April, 1886.

adapted to interlock with the two outer balls JOHN MENAHAN. 5 jointly orwith either separately, as described, Witnesses:

so as to constitute spring-catches therewith, l H. D. WILLIAMS,

substantially as set forth.

F. W. ORONKHITE.

